James Hay Stevens, Date of Birth, Date of Death

James Hay Stevens

Aviation journalist

Date of Birth: 10-Nov-1913

Date of Death: 01-Jan-1973

Profession: engineer, illustrator, aircraft pilot

Nationality: United Kingdom

Zodiac Sign: Scorpio

James Hay Stevens (10 November 1913 – 1973) was an aviation journalist, editor of Aircraft Engineering (1945-1957) magazine, illustrator and pilot.
He created the Skybirds range of 1:72 scale model aircraft kits produced by A.
J.
Holladay & Co., the same scale later being adopted by Airfix.
Between 1938-1939 he contributed articles and illustrations to Air Stories magazine, and between 1959-1967, he contributed articles to the newspaper The Times.In 1933 he attended the College of Aeronautical Engineering in Chelsea, earning a first-class diploma for practice and theory.He lived in Borehamwood.